Chicken and Roasted Onion Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, carrot, celery, parsnip. Chicken breast, balsamic roasted onion, regular roasted onion, rutabaga, turnip, beef bouillon, garlic, black pepper, French 4 spice (clove, nutmeg, ginger), lemon/ginger burst juice, bay leaf.

Lordy those roasted onions added a depth further than a zen bomb shelter. Plus it was fun to use rutabaga–we rarely have those donated to us.

Kale and Bacon Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, celery, red bell pepper. Bacon, kale, bok choy, yogurt, extra onion, ginger, cayenne pepper, coriander, cumin, lemon/ginger juice.

So this train derailed–it was originally headed toward saag station, and just never got thick/mushy/creamy enough. But the pureed kale really infused the stock wonderfully, so I just threw in some bok choy too and called it a day.

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Bacon and Roasted Vegetable Soup

Mirepoix: onion, celery, bell pepper. Bacon, roasted cauliflower and roasted Brussels sprouts (both roasted in bacon fat), rice, mixed green herbs, onion, vinegar, salt, paprika, bell pepper, worcestershire sauce, corn starch.

Another New Year’s Day special slung out by Martin. Awesome move to roast in bacon fat. Yum.

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Philly Cheesesausage Soup

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Mirepoix: yellow onion, red and green pepper, carrot. Sausage, nasty industrial cheese goo, mushrooms, extra red green and orange bell pepper, extra onions, roasted chicken stock, fish sauce, hand-made croutons, oregano, paprika, cumin, lemon juice.

A left-field attempt to make Philly Cheesesteak Soup, but with sausage. Totally winging it on this one. I had the option to use Permesan cheese, but went with the 7-11 nacho goop.

I made the croutons in the oven, but once in the soup they simply became bread again. Lesson learned.

They say that this is where revolutions begin and nations are born. They say that this is a place where steel rules all and there is something called a cheese-steak sandwich that is supposed to be manna from heaven!” Dylan Callens